State v. Hoyt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder; tried to the jury in the Superior Court for Fairfield County, on the plea of not guilty, before Sanford and Beardsley, Js.
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Indictment for murder; tried to the jury in the Superior Court for Fairfield County, on the plea of not guilty, before Sanford and Beardsley, Js. Before the trial commenced the court, under the authority of the statute, employed stenographers to take down the evidence to be given upon the trial, and directed them to furnish each morning during the trial at the opening of court, to the court and to the counsel on each side, a transcript of the testimony of the next preceding day; which was done throughout the trial. To this mode of proceeding the counsel for the defendant objected, claiming…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
In order to abbreviate as much as possible the discussion of the numerous questions which the record presents for review, we will consider them under the following four general heads:—1st. Those relating to the jury. 2d. To the rights and privileges of counsel. 8d. To the admissibility of evidence. 4th. To the validity of the sentence.
First. The first question under the first head is, whether in showing the ground of challenge for cause, the oath on voir dire should have been administered to the jurors, though no request was made for that purpose by either party.
We can find no ground for a…
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